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κᾰσαλβ-άς

kasalbas

strumpet

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What it meant

1. κασαλβάς · kasalbas — Beekes

κασαλβάς, -άδος [f.] ‘strumpet’ (Ar.). *VAR κασσαβάς (EM). *DER κασάλβιον ‘brothel’ (sch. Ar. Eq. 1825 v.l.), κασαλβάζω (Ar. Hermipp. Com.). Also κασωρίς with κασωρεύω (Lyc.) and κασωρῖτις ‘id’ (Hippon., Antiph.), κασώριον (Ar. Eq. 1285) = κασωρικὸς δόμος (uncertain conj. in Hippon. 74); κασαύρα' κασωρίς, πόρνη ‘strumpet, prostitute’, also κασαυράς, with κασαυρεῖα [pl.] (H.). Short form κάσσα (Lyc.). *ETYM … — [Beekes, s.v. κασαλβάς, p. 700]

2. κασαλβάς · kasalbas — Frisk

κασαλβάς (κασσαβάς EM), -άδος f. “Hure’ (Ar.) mit κασάλβιον ‘Jupanar’ (Sch. Ar. Ἐφ. 1825 als ν.].), κασαλβάξω (Ar., Hermipp. Kom.). Auch κασωρίς mit κασωρεύω (Lyk.) und κασωρῖτις "ds. (Hippon., Antiph.), κασώριον (Ar. Ἐφ. 1285) = κασωρικὸς δόμος (ganz unsichere Konj. in Hippon. 74); κασαύρα' κασωρίς, πόρνη, auch κασαυράς, mit κασαυρεῖα (pl.) H. — Kurzform κάσσα (Lyk.). κασᾶς---- κασίγνητος 797 Vulgäre Wörter, mit … — [Frisk, s.v. κασαλβάς, p. 828]

3. κᾰσαλβ-άς · kasalb-as — LSJ

strumpet

strumpet, Ar. Ec. 1106, Fr. 478; cf. κασαύρα, κασωρίς.

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